Guerrilla Filmmaking

FROZEN RIVER EARNS TWO OSCAR NOMINATIONS: Best Actress and Best Screenplay

Oscar Warm-Up: Melissa Leo: My Body as 'Instrument'

I told you back in August 2008 about this little film and about Melissa Leo, at that moment I expressed that her performance was one of the best in the year so far.

At the beginning of December 2008, after the Independent Spirit Awards nominations, I said, and I'm going to quote myself: "I'm smelling an Oscar nod for her role". After the Golden Globes I was a little disappointed because Frozen River didn't get any nominations, but this morning I wake up to realize that Melissa Leo is up for an Oscar as Best Actress in a Leading Role and FIRST TIME DIRECTOR AND WRITER Courtney Hunt is up in the Original Screenplay Category.

Since this Guerrilla Corner, congratulations to them! and kudos to the member of the Academy that at least this time, were fair.

GUERRILLA FILM "FROZEN RIVER" GOT THE GOTHAM AS BEST FEATURE!

This movie is really good I recommended to everybody back in August, well, Awards Season is here and I need to recommend this movie again. Melissa Leo is brilliant, she also got her Gotham.

The rest of the winners...

SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED! Guerrilla Film "Frozen River" led the field with 6 nods.

 
Film trio "Ballast," "Frozen River" and "Rachel Getting Married" led the field with six nominations each at the 2009 Film Independent's 24th Annual Spirit Awards. All three are in the running for best feature, best director and best female lead for actresses Anne Hathaway, Melissa Leo and Tarra Riggs, (I think Melissa Leo should win and heads up, I'm smelling an Oscar nod for her role). Also receiving top mentions is "Milk," which scored three nominations Thesps Sandra Oh and Jason Bateman joined Film Independent's exec director Dawn Hudson this morning to announce the 2009 Spirit Award nominations in Los Angeles. Voting is exclusively online to make awards "as green as possible." The winners will be unveiled at Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009.

A list of nominees follows:

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GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS Announced!

Ballast Trailer

There's actually no award ceremony for Guerrilla Filmmakers, we're working on that. For now, the closest event that honor Guerrilla Films is the Gotham Awards, that this year swifts to "Gothan Independent Film Awards". Guerrilla Films on red.

IFP announced today the nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards™ which will take place on Tuesday, December 2nd at New York City’s Cipriani Wall Street. It also announced the new name for the awards, making the subtle shift from the Gotham Awards to the Gotham Independent Film Awards™.

Presented by IFP, the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, the Gotham Independent Film Awards™ is one of the leading awards for independent film and the first major honors of the film awards season. The awards provide critical early recognition for worthy independent films, such as past winners Juno(2007), Half Nelson (2006), and Junebug (2005).

Garnering four separate nominations – the most for this year – is Ballast, Lance Hammer’s directorial debut and multiple-award winner from festivals as diverse as Sundance, Berlin, Deauville and others. The film is currently being self-distributed by Hammer’s Alluvial Film Company with the help of marketing consultant Steven Raphael’s Required Viewing. It was nominated for Best Feature, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor and Best Ensemble Performance.